Patents by Inventor Stephane Villette

Stephane Villette has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12315057
    Abstract: A device includes a memory and one or more processors configured to process sensor data to determine a semantical context associated with the sensor data. The one or more processors are also configured to generate adjusted face data based on the determined semantical context and face data. The adjusted face data includes an avatar facial expression that corresponds to the semantical context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Beith, Suzana Arellano, Michel Adib Sarkis, Matthew Fischler, Ke-Li Cheng, Stephane Villette
  • Patent number: 12300233
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store a collection of sets of weights, each of the sets of weights representing a respective media segment. The device also includes one or more processors configured to generate data representing the detected first input speech segment and to pass the data representing the detected first input speech segment into a collection of memory units. Each memory unit of the collection of memory units includes a set of weights from the collection of sets of weights. The one or more processors are also configured to generate a first estimate of an associated media segment that represents the detected first input speech segment. The associated media segment corresponds to a first memory unit in the collection of memory units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephane Villette, Sen Li, Daniel Jared Sinder
  • Patent number: 12170094
    Abstract: A device includes one or more processors configured to input one or more segments of an input media stream into a feature extractor. The one or more processors are further configured to pass an output of the feature extractor into an utterance classifier to produce at least one representation of at least one utterance class of a plurality of utterance classes. The one or more processors are further configured to pass the output of the feature extractor and the at least one representation into a segment matcher to produce a media output segment identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephane Villette, Sen Li, Pravin Kumar Ramadas, Daniel Jared Sinder
  • Patent number: 8472508
    Abstract: A system for transmitting input data over a speech channel of a network comprising: a modulator arranged to produce a modulated waveform signal transforming the data for transmission over the network; a channel compensation filter arranged to filter the modulated waveform signal after it has been transmitted over the speech channel to compensate for the response of the speech channel; and a demodulator arranged to retrieve the data from the filtered waveform signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Mulsys Ltd
    Inventors: Ahmet Kondoz, Nilantha Nandima Katugampala, Kholdoon Taha Al-Naimi, Stephane Villette
  • Patent number: 7493255
    Abstract: To alleviate problems of signal aliasing and to reduce complexity, Linear Predictive Coefficients (LPCS) are calculated from samples of audio signals and Line Spectral Frequency (LSF) vectors are extracted from the LPCs with a rate higher than a desired vector rate, the LSF vectors comprising values of different LSF parameters. Next, an LSF track is formed for at least one of the LSF parameters. At least one of the formed LSF tracks is then low pass filtered. Finally, decimated LSF vectors are reconstructed from the low pass filtered LSF tracks, the decimated number corresponding to the desired vector rate. The invention equally relates to a corresponding computer program, to corresponding devices and to a corresponding communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Khaldoon Taha Al-Naimi, Stephane Villette, Ahmet Kondoz
  • Publication number: 20080165885
    Abstract: A system for transmitting input data over a speech channel of a network comprising: a modulator arranged to produce a modulated waveform signal transforming the data for transmission over the network; a channel compensation filter arranged to filter the modulated waveform signal after it has been transmitted over the speech channel to compensate for the response of the speech channel; and a demodulator arranged to retrieve the data from the filtered waveform signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
    Inventors: Ahmet Kondoz, Nilantha Nandima Katugampala, Kholdoon Taha Al-Naimi, Stephane Villette
  • Publication number: 20040006463
    Abstract: To alleviate problems of signal aliasing and to reduce complexity, Linear Predictive Coefficients (LPCS) are calculated from samples of audio signals and Line Spectral Frequency (LSF) vectors are extracted from the LPCs with a rate higher than a desired vector rate, the LSF vectors comprising values of different LSF parameters. Next, an LSF track is formed for at least one of the LSF parameters. At least one of the formed LSF tracks is then low pass filtered. Finally, decimated LSF vectors are reconstructed from the low pass filtered LSF tracks, the decimated number corresponding to the desired vector rate. The invention equally relates to a corresponding computer program, to corresponding devices and to a corresponding communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Khaldoon Taha Al-Naimi, Stephane Villette, Ahmet Kondoz